ACCEPTS
A — Activities
What's an activity you enjoy? What do you feel when you do it, and when could you set aside time for it this week?
C — Comparisons
In what ways are you better off today than you were in the past — more experienced, more matured? How does that shift your perspective?
C — Contribution
Who's someone (or what's a cause) you could help right now — with time, or in some small way? How does contributing get your mind off your own problem for a while?
E — Emotion Opposites
What emotion has been getting to you — sad, bored, angry, frustrated? What's the opposite of that (joy, calm, gratitude), and what's one way to build more of it?
P — Push Away
Sometimes you can't solve a problem right this second. What's one you're carrying right now that you could set down until you're actually able to work on it?
T — Thinking Activities
Puzzles, planning, strategy games — anything that shifts you from the emotional brain to the logical one. What's one you could do today?
S — Sensory Activities
A texture to touch, a taste, a sound, something to look at. What sensory experience could pull your attention into your body right now?
Creating a Life Worth Living
What makes your life worth living?
And what's one way you could do a little more of that this week?
Wrap-Up: Emotion Regulation
- A — Activities
- C — Comparisons
- C — Contribution
- E — Emotion Opposites
- P — Push Away
- T — Thinking Activities
- S — Sensory Activities
- + Creating a Life Worth Living